This host is installed with Wireshark and is prone to denial of service vulnerability.

Successful exploitation could allow attackers to cause a denial of service via a malformed packet. Impact Level: Application

Upgrade to the Wireshark version 1.6.3 or later, For updates refer to http://www.wireshark.org/download.html

The flaw is due to an error in csnStreamDissector function in 'epan/dissectors/packet-csn1.c' in the CSN.1 dissector, which fails to initialize a certain variable.

Wireshark version 1.6.x before 1.6.3

• http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=39140
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/01/9
• http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-17.html
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6351
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=750643

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Updated on 2015-03-25